The corpus record

ἔγκυκλ-ος

egkuklos

circular, round, womanʼs upper garment

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Where it lives

Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant

ἔγκυκλ-ος · enkykl-os — LSJ

circular, round

circular, δίνη Epicur. Ep. 2p.52U.; round, Matro Conv. 116, Ezek. Exag. 77. Adv. -ως Gal. 18(2).439.

II womanʼs upper garment

ἔγκυκλον, τό, womanʼs upper garment, Ar. Th. 261, Lys. 113; ἐ. ποικίλον IG 2.754.48.

III

ἔγκυκλα· τὰ ἐγκυκλούμενα τῷ βίῳ καὶ συνήθη, Hsch.

In the wild

ἔγκυκλον · enkyklon Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 10.1 (DIORISIS sentence 9139)

Where it came from

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